Just curious if anyone is using this because I have a few questions.
1. How well does it work? I am looking for something that will allow me to continue my table top game after I move away from the rest of my group in the near future.
2. Where can I find map items? The program seems to have floors of various types (coblestone, grass, water ect) but I cant find any dungeon dressings (wells, tables, statues ect).
While I am asking does anyone know of a good "FREE" or cheap internet software that can mimic pen and paper over the internet?
Maptools can load up any graphic file you have as a map. So scan something in, grab a map from the Dunjinni forum, etc. You can also create tokens the same way - grab an image from google and stick it on the map.
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While I havn't used it for a 'live game' I use it and save the maps for my play by post. and it works pretty well... took me all of an hour to learn how to use. There are others that are better versed in teaching it than I am, so i'll leave that to them, but I've used the maps from the pathfinder PDFs and from actual blueprints that I found online... both work great.
I use MapTool for my PbP and I think its great. I'd need more practice to use it in real time, though.
As for Dungeon parts, I think there are a few sticky threads on the RPTools forums with stuff.
We are using it to play on-line and it rocks!
Just curious if anyone is using this because I have a few questions.
My group uses it, and I think it's great. Feel free to visit our website for more info.
I have been thinking of doing the same. After trying out 4e and deciding it is just not for me, I am back to 3.X and WFRP (trying to decide now which I want to run next :) ).
I moved away from my gaming group a while ago, and Maptools and the like have been great for letting my game again! Though, Maptools is one I have only started looking at, I was using Gametable till recently, along with Skype for voice chat (since games run faster with chatting than with typing).
It seems an excellent program, and it can do a LOT of different dice expressions, which is great. I might actually be able to run Feng Shui online using it, since it can handle those odd dice!
For 3.X though, it is perfect. Map utility, the Token Tool for tokens, a solid interface and die roller. It looks great!
Just started using this. Interesting so far, still getting used to the shortcuts and whatnot.
Yes, I'm a huge fan. There's a bit of a learning curve, but that's true from any new tool. The biggest issue with it is the abysmal lack of current documentation. The good news is that the reason for this is the current breakneck pace of development by the RPTools.net community. Meaningful new features are being added weekly, so the few documenters just can't keep current.
The best way to learn is to look for the Tutorial videos that are stickied near the top of the forums. They are a full eight revisions behind, now, so some things have changed. But it is a great way to get the basics down. Then just spend time reading the forums as new features are added. You'll be up to snuff in a couple of weeks of dedicated use.
I'm about to put D1 into a campaign file over the next week or two. I'm not sure of the Paizo's stance on offering the maps and tokens to others to save them work, but if it was kosher I'd be willing to post it for others to see the power of the system.
Oh...here's more graphic stuff than you can shake a stick at. Just check out the CSUAC...it's an semi-organized archive of all the Dundjinni user-art over the past couple of years. Download the CC3 versions of the file if you want them as open format, cause the Dundjinni ones are proprietary format (I believe.)
Micco
Maptools is indeed awesome, and being updated pretty much weekly the last month or so.